Instructors Looking for Course Books

Our catalog of books for courses includes our new and most-adopted books for the classroom. E-book exam copies are available for most books in the catalog, so qualified instructors can be examining the book in minutes (if requested during our office hours, otherwise overnight). Print exam copies also available.

If You Already Know the Book You Want to Examine

Use the search box in the upper right, go to the page for the book, and click on the “Get Exam Copy or Adopt this Text” link in the left column of that page. If a book is available for online request you will be taken to a form; otherwise you will return to this page.

Text Exam Copies

The University of Chicago Press will send you an examination copy of the book you wish to consider for course use. If our online form is not available for the book you want, mail or fax your request on your department letterhead specifying the title of the course, your expected enrollment, the semester or quarter in which the course will be offered, the course level (undergraduate or graduate), and any textbooks now currently being used for this course. According to our 90-day policy, we will also send you an invoice at a 20% academic discount, plus shipping charges, payable in 90 days. Should you adopt the book, return the invoice with proof of adoption, and the invoice will be cancelled. If you do not adopt the book, you may return it and have the invoice cancelled or purchase it at the 20% discount price.

Desk Copies

If you have adopted a University of Chicago Press book for course use, and your textbook store has ordered at least ten copies of the book, you are entitled to one free copy of the book for your own use. Desk copy requests must be on departmental letterhead or utilize a NACS-AAP or similar request form. Please include the name and enrollment of the relevant course, as well as the name of the bookstore who handles your textbook requirements.

Where to Send Your Request

USA and rest of world EXCEPT the UK and Europe
Send examination copy and desk copy requests to:

In the UK and Europe ONLY
Our policy is to supply the e-book, when available, for course adoption examination requests. Should you choose to adopt the book for your course, you will have the option of obtaining a physical desk copy or an e-book, in accordance with our desk copy policy. Academics in UK & Europe please send examination copy and desk copy requests to:

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Please use the numbers above only for queries about the publications of the University of Chicago Press and other publishers represented in the University of Chicago Press catalogs. Please note that the Chicago Distribution Center also provides distribution for other academic publishers. Marketing or editorial queries for those publishers must be directed to them, not to the numbers above. Please see the CDC client list for links to those publishers.